Investment Condos in Waterloo near Universities Attention Investors!  Amazing opportunity to purchase newly built Investment condos.  Located steps to both universities - University of Waterloo and Laurier University.           * Fully Furnished * Rental Income Guaranteed for 1st Year * FREE Condo Management Fees for the first year* Some buildings include Utilities! * Some units with parking   Bachelor Units, 1 bedroom, 2 bedrooms, and 3 bedrooms.Starting at only 218,000  ** call me now for your best selection and views **     02/08/2016

By Warren McNeil, I did a quick review of one of my new favourite restaurants in Waterloo. This restaurant is located near the St Jacobs farmers market in North Waterloo. 11/23/2010

Like outdoor concerts? Like supporting a good cause? Then you'll love the TABU Music Festival taking place from 10am to 10pm at the Waterloo Public Square (King Street and Willis Way in Waterloo) this Saturday (August, 14, 2010). 35 unsigned local artists mean 12 hours of continuous music in support of the Canadian Testicular Cancer Association. A few of the bands are: Melting Pot, The Doug Clayfield Trio, and Dead Hour. Want to learn more? Visit their web site at: www.wix.com/tabu10/tabu-festival. 08/11/2010

By Warren McNeil, I get many requests from people wanting to know more information about the Seagrams Lofts. This building is located in uptown Waterloo at 3 & 5 Father David Bauer Drive. The buildings were built in 2001 and there are 40 units in the seven story building and 63 units in the 10 storey building. The style of these units is a more modern loft style apartment with 20 foot ceilings,  floor-to-ceiling windows, hardwood floors, juliette balconies and much more. To the best of my knowledge, all the units except the penthouses are multilevel with the master bedroom and ensuite bath in the upper loft. The buildings are close to dining, shopping, and the "University of Waterloo's  Balsillie school of Internation Affairs". Seagrams Lofts Recent sales for the past 12 months: 7 Sold ... 06/28/2010

The City of Waterloo had initiated a Rental Housing Licensing Study in 2008 to investigate the licensing of rental  residential units and to determine whether it is appropriate for the City to develop a new regulatory system that could replace or complement the current licensing system. This March, Waterloo's lodging house license owners were mailed their annual Lodging House License Renewal letter.That renewal letter advised owners that the: "City Of Waterloo is currently undertaking a Rental Housing Licensing Review. This may affect the City's current programs such as the Lodging House Licensing Program and/or The Two Unit Residential Occupancy Inspection Program. The owner should be advised that the outcome of the review may affect the ability of this or any other property to be used... 04/19/2010

This is an article I wrote which is being featured not only in Rooms in Bloom's newsletter, but several other Realtor newsletters in our area. I just thought I would share. Also - if anyone else has any input on how they handle inquiries about the feasibility of staging vacant homes, I would love to hear what you say. For us, we get inquiries daily which is why I thought I would write this short article. Vacant Home Staging Basics         Yesterday, my partner Alana and I received our third inquiry from a Realtor about what was involved in staging an empty house they had listed. This particular house had gone on the market at the beginning of December and had received very little interest. The family had already moved out and left nothing behind. We were asked by the realtor, did we thi... 01/08/2009

Back in September, we were contacted by a realtor's office whom we partner with and told that one of their clients needed our staging expertise as he had a vacant home in the Beechwood area of Waterloo on the market and it wasn't getting much interest - and had in fact been up for sale since the beginning of June. We did a consultation and staged after some issues with the home owner (he was against staging as he didn't want to spend any money). We staged at the end of October and the house got three offers within three weeks and then sold firm! We just de-staged and the realtor was so impressed that he signed an exclusive contract with us! Here are some pictures of which we are incredibly proud!   Formal Living Room "Before" Formal Living Room "After" Formal Dining Room "Before" Formal... 12/09/2008